This is a presentation designed to encourage GCSE pupils to use a variety of complex structures in their written and spoken controlled assessments. The worksheet asks them to build up lists of different kinds of grammatical structures (there is a honeycomb of different examples to start with) before embarking on their own creations. I asked mine to work with their AQA word lists. Apologies to Heston Blumenthal. All feedback gratefully received.

A Christmas worksheet, fill in missing verbs.Pupils can be given the infinitives and told to work out what tenses they have to use. Alternatively, you could decide to give them no help at all and let them get inventive. You could of course give out the answers and get them to match the captions to the blank pictures. Apologies in advance for my frightful sense of humour. Blank version and suggested answers included.

I use these to teach regular present tense verb patterns to beginners, but the flowers can be used for any tense that is made of a stem and ending. I have displays of flowers in all of the language classrooms. You can reduce the size of the flowers and print multiple copies on a page. Pupils can then make a collage to represent all of the verb groups or tenses they know.

This is a text from les clés junior with vocabulary exercise, comprehension questions in English, true/false exercise and two grammar exercises. Please let me know if you find any mistakes.

Powerpoint presenting description of disastrous holiday for use as preparation for GCSE. Guess the complaint activity followed by longer text gapfill.

Worksheet where pupils have to unscramble ten sentences on the topic of TV to reveal another sentence.

This is a bingo game that can be used during 6th form speaking sessions. The idea is to cross off as many boxes as possible by using the phrases/tenses/specific vocabulary correctly. It encourages students to think about their range of language whilst they debate. It can be adapted for all ranges and to suit all topics.

This is a grid containing the 3 digit codes to enter foreign language accents. I have near our work stations and still use it now!

This is a paired speaking activity which I give to pupils once we have covered er verbs and negative sentences from Expo 1. All you need is some post it notes and there is a speaking frame which may be taken away from more able pupils.

Fill in the gap with the correct part of the verb avoir. The Simpsons introduce their family members. Requires knowledge of the whole verb table.

This is a complete game which I edited from a template I found online. There are 5 categories and this is suitable for playing midway through the first term of learning French. The music section does not have the sound files on the actual powerpoint, but they are easy to find online and embed yourself (let me know if you find this difficult). Do leave a review if you find this useful.

This is a comprehensive revision pack to accompany module 2 of Mira 2. It includes leisure activities, invitations and excuses and covers the near future, modal verbs, tener, stem changing verbs and time expressions.

Based on unit 5 of module 2 in Mira 1 this worksheet practises the verbs comer and beber with different food and drink.

From Mira 2 Module 2 Chapter 1, this PowerPoint presents vocabulary for places in a town and revisits the verb ir. The near future is introduced with activities and there is an exercise on the PowerPoint as well as a reinforcement worksheet.

This is a PowerPoint presentation used to support expo1 module 3 unit 4. It uses the whole verb table. There are some activities on the powerpoint and then a written worksheet which is essentially an attractive looking verb drill. let me know what you think.

This was a very simple exercise designed as reinforcement for a year 9 top set using expo 3 rouge.

This is a little activity i give to my class after we have practised the present tense of regular er verbs. I give them the list of verbs and encourage them to create their story based around the verbs rather than the other way round. If you check their French before they draw the pictures they can provide the basis of a very colourful display.

Simple descriptions of some visual Christmas jokes with gaps to fill in the perfect tense of er verbs. Follows nicely on from chapter 2 of expo 2 vert. Class can make up their own amusing pictures and descriptions.

Describing injuries in the perfect tense. For use with module 3 of expo 3 rouge. Powerpoint with examples of longer sentences and noughts and crosses game. Worksheet can be filled in after the presentation as consolidation. let me know what you think.

Simple introduction to the perfect tense. I use this after having taught a lesson on the perfect tense in English where I ask the class (they use Expo 2 vert so they are not high flyers) to spot patterns in regular and irregular English verbs. the worksheet is designed for them to fill in as you go through the presentation.